Obituaries

Mar 25, 2017

Helen P. Hill, 89, of Pensacola, FL passed away on Saturday, March 25, 2017. Helen was born on  August 7, 1927 in Birmingham, AL.

She was preceded in death by her husband, A.L. Hill; her parents, Sadie and Howard Phillips; her brother and sister-in-law, William and Villette Phillips; brother, Richard Phillips; her daughter, Betty Boucher; sister-in-law, Violet...

Mar 25, 2017

Ronald William Basso, 70, of Pensacola, FL passed away Saturday, March 25, 2017. Visitation will be held 11:00am until the Funeral Mass to begin at 12:00noon Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at St. Mary Catholic Church (Van Pelt Lane). Burial will follow at Pensacola Memorial Gardens.

Mar 23, 2017

Judy Garner Cascone, 66, of Pensacola, FL passed away Thursday, March 23, 2017.

Judy was born on January 27, 1951 in New Bern, NC. She was a resident of Pensacola since 1975. Judy always loved helping people and animals. For the past 10 years Judy has been a Mortgage Loan Officer, currently with...

Mar 22, 2017

Titelle Trueheart Pyle, 77, of Cantonment, FL passed away on Wednesday, March 22, 2017. Titelle was born in Birmingham, AL to William and Annie Ruth Clayton. They moved to Pensacola when Titelle was a young girl. She attended Pensacola High School where she met the love her life, Jimmy.  They married after high school and have been married for...

Mar 21, 2017

Evander "Van" McCaskill, 82, of Pensacola, FL passed away on Tuesday, March 21, 2017. Van was born on February 13, 1935 in Jay, FL. He graduated from Jay High School and attended Pensacola Junior College. He had a long career at Merritt's Paint and Wallpaper for 43 years, where he made many friends in the community. Van was a...

Mar 21, 2017

Dian Mitchell Mathews, 68, a native of Pensacola, FL went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, March 21, 2017. She was born on September 5, 1948. Dian was a devout Catholic and absolutely loved her family more than anything. Anyone that knew her knew that Tracy and Phil were the greatest loves of her life. She will...

Mar 20, 2017

Emily E. Wakefield, 86, of Pensacola, FL passed away Monday, March 20, 2017.

Mrs. Wakefield was born on May 2, 1930 in McComb, MS to Bonnie (Hart) and William F. Elam. She graduated from McComb High School in 1948 and the University of Southern Mississippi. She worked for the Red Cross and was a Special Education Teacher...

Mar 19, 2017

Sgt. 1st Class Robert R. Boniface, 34, a native of El Centro, California, volunteered for military service and entered the Army in March of 2006 as an 18 X-ray. After Infantry Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Benning, GA., he attended Airborne School before being assigned to the Special Warfare Center and School (SWCS). Upon selection and...

Mar 18, 2017

Frances Eugenia Johnson Slayton, 91, of Pensacola, FL passed away on Saturday, March 18, 2017.

Mrs. Slayton was born in Decatur, AL on September 18, 1925 to Ruby (Sanderson) and James E. Johnson. She graduated for Riverside High School in Decatur, where she married her high school sweetheart, Earl L. Slayton on September 23, 1944. Mrs. Slayton was a...

Mar 17, 2017

William "Bill" B. Smith, 88, of Kenneth City, FL passed away Friday, March 17, 2017.

Mr. Smith was born in Cottondale, FL on February 20, 1929 to Claudia Elizabeth Marshall McKee Smith and Boney Taylor Smith, Sr. He graduated from Pensacola High School in 1947, and Pensacola Junior College before receiving his Bachelor of Science in Business...

Mar 15, 2017

James M. "Jim" Sheffer died on March 15, 2017 in Pensacola, FL. Jim was born in St. Paul, MN, on June 11, 1929 as the first son of three children to Byron M. Sheffer and Grace B. Sheffer. He graduated from Cretin High School in 1947 as First Lieutenant with honors. He was the beloved...

Mar 15, 2017

Born November 12, 1948, Bonnie Hinote Hancock Goodson, 68, passed away on Wednesday, March 15, 2017 after a 14 year fight against cancer. Bonnie was born and raised in the only place she ever wanted to be, Pensacola, FL. She truly felt it was paradise. The beach was her serenity and her refuge. She attended Escambia High School (Class...

Mar 15, 2017

Edith Parker Scrivner, 93, of Pensacola, FL passed away Wednesday, March 15, 2017.

Edith was born in Middleburg, KY. Her family later moved to Cincinnati, OH where she met and married her husband, Gene in 1947. They both spent their entire career with Formica/American Cyanamid, retiring in 1980 and moving to St. Petersburg,...

Mar 15, 2017

Marshall Blaise Adams Sr. passed away on March 15, 2017. Blaise was the beloved husband of Patrice Adams and father of Childers Adams, Libby Adams, and the late Marshall Adams Jr. Blaise was born on July 26, 1959 in Macon, GA to Aurelia Bond Adams and Robert Jackson Adams. He grew up in Macon, GA where he was a...

Mar 14, 2017

It is with great sadness that the family of Roger Enzor, a resident of Pensacola passed away after an extended illness on March 14, 2017 at the age of 81. Roger is survived by the love of his life, Dee; a special sister-in-law, Jean Mayo and other nieces and nephews. Roger was born in Crestview, FL to Dr. Olin...

Mar 13, 2017

Louise Rugg Groner, 97, died at Azalea Trace in Pensacola, FL on Monday, March 13, 2017 with her children, Jodee Hart and Chip Groner at her side. Louise was born in Essex Junction, VT on January 27, 1920 and was the only child of Archie Burgess Rugg and Josephine Fay Rugg. She graduated from Burlington High School and the...

Mar 12, 2017

Dr. J. Larry Mayo of Cumming, GA passed away Sunday, March 12, 2017 at the age of 95. He was born in Pensacola, FL, September 9, 1921 to James Lawrence Mayo (1883-1969) and Lula Mae Tomkins Mayo (1887-1955). He primarily was raised at 1500 E. Lee St. in Pensacola. He was the youngest of three children, with a brother,...

Mar 11, 2017

Herbert "Lee" Howard, US Navy AMSC (Ret), 75, of Pensacola, FL went to be with the Lord on March 11, 2017.

He fought a hard fight with his crippling illness but never gave up until God told him it was time. He was born in Parkersburg, WV and joined...

Mar 11, 2017

Cornelia "CeCe" Curtis Boone, 46, native of Pensacola, FL went to meet her Lord and Savior on Saturday, March 11, 2017, after a brief battle with cancer. CeCe worked many years in the family business, Brunken Manufacturing Company. She loved her Auburn Tiger Football Team! She attended Agnes Scott College in Georgia and graduated Magna Cum Laude from the...

Mar 8, 2017

Michael R. Frost, 55, of Lutz, FL and formerly of Pensacola passed away on Wednesday, March 8, 2017 in Richmond, VA. Michael was born in Boston, MA on June 10, 1961. He spent twenty years in the United State Air Force holding various careers in the electronics field such as aircraft maintenance and satellite communications. After retiring from the...